IN THE NEWS: $9.8 billion transportation plan adds taxes, fees

February 21, 2013

House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their $9.8 billion transportation revenue proposal, but it won’t go very far unless they at least agree to put its biggest element to a popular vote, the Senate Transportation Committee co-chairman said.

Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, said a proposed 10-cent gas tax increase doesn’t have the required support of two-thirds of both houses to be approved by the Legislature. Even if it did, King said he would oppose approving a tax increase without a vote of the people.